Hay-rake



(No Model.)

L. T; HATFIELD.

HAY RAKE.

Patented May 1,1883

N. PETERS. pumaum Wzuhinginn. o. c.

PATENT OFFICE.

LLEWELLYN T. HATFIELD, OF MILAN, MISSOURI.

HAY-RAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,689, dated May 1, 1883. Application filed September 20, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

' other.

FIELD, of Milan, Sullivan county,

Be it known that I, LLEWELLYN T. HAT- Missouri, have made a new and useful Improvement in Bay Rakes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a rear end elevation of the improved rake; Fig. 2, a plan Fig. 3, a vertical section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. .4 a vertical section taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

The same letters denote the same parts.

The present invention is an improvement in that class of hayrakes in which the horses are hitched one at cachend of the rake.

The improvement relates more especially to the mode of attaching the wheels and seat of the rake, the object being to provide formore effectually balancing and directing the operation of the rake and controlling the horses.

Arepresents the improved rake, having the teeth Battached to the head 0. Two wheels, D D, are attached to the rake in the line of the head'and so as to divide the rake lengthwise into three parts equal, or nearly so, to each To admit the wheels 1) D, the head 0 is divided into three sections, 0 t 0 connected by the arches c c. The wheels D D are journaled upon the crank-axle E, the axle turning in the bearingsee and the'cranks e 8 extending inwardly beneath the arches c c. A lever, F,

is attached to the axle E, and is provided with a dog, f, which engages in the rack F upon the head 0. The rake is strengthened by the bar or plate G, whichis attached to the teeth in front of the head 0, substantially as shown. The bar G also forms an abutment for the hay to rest against. The seat H is conveniently at tached to the bar G. The weight of the driver balances the rake upon the axle. By operating the lever B the rake at the back can be raised or lowered, and thereby enable the rake-teeth to be adjusted to suit the ground and the position of the hay.

The horses are attached to the rake at the ends a a, and at each end of the rake a tongue.

II, projects forward and upward. The horses are fastened to the tongues by suitable tie .place of, as heretofore has been necessary in rakes of the kind under consideration, having a driver for each horse.

I claim 1. The combination, in the rake A, of the sections 0 0 0 the arches 0 c, the wheels D D, the crank-axle E, the lever F,,and the rack F, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in the rake A, of the sections 0 c c, the wheels D D, the crank-axle E, the lever F, the rack F, and the seat H,

substantially. as described.

3. The'combination, in the rake A, of the 'teeth B, the'sectional head 0, and the bar or plate G, substantially as described.

LLEWELLYN T. HATFIELD.

Witnesses: (3. D. Moon's,

REES O. DAVis. 

